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Special Orders No. 7 (extract), Headquarter Air Service, Army Group, American Expeditionary Forces, November 4, 1918. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy to Paris to participate in board of officers conducting parachute experiments. One typed page, two copies.

Registration Coupon / Coupon d'Enregistrement d'Arrivee for officers staying in Paris, France, November 6, 1918. Includes handwritten notes on verso.

Letter from Wilbur D. Kennedy to Carmelite (Miller) Kennedy, November 13, 1918. Describes being in Paris when the Armistice was signed: "Everybody went wild, the streets crowded day and night with thousands of cheering people and the cafes, well my…

Memorandum from First Lieutenant Wilbur D. Kennedy to Chief, Technical Section, November 14, 1918. Reports on a number of parachute demonstrations and makes suggestions for parachute types to implement. Three typed pages.

Photograph of a group of unidentified American soldiers playing football in Trier, Germany, December 1918. Inscription on album page: "Football game at Trier. Xmas 1918." Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five…

Photograph of an unidentified soldier sitting at a table near a Christmas tree, Trier, Germany, December 1918. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces…

Photograph of Wilbur D. Kennedy (left), Dan Bell (right), and a soldier identified as Wade (middle) at a football game in Trier, Germany, December 1918. Inscription on album page: "W.D.K. – Wade – Dan Bell. Xmas football game." Part of the Wilbur D.…

Photograph of Robert "Doc" Ideson sitting near a Christmas tree in Trier, Germany, December 1918. The table in the foreground is full of papers and books. Inscription on album page: "Doc Ideson and Xmas tree." Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph…

Ticket for the 12th Aero Squadron's Christmas dinner, December 1918.

Menu for the 12th Aero Squadron's Christmas dinner, December 1918. Inscription on verso lists servicemen and their squadrons.